This is actually pretty mortifying, as he hails from my home state and it took us ’til 2006 to vote him the hell out of Senate, but Rick Santorum is at it again. Incensed by all the California gayness going on, he took some time out of his busy schedule to write this column for a Philadelphia newspaper. Now, I can’t just pick a favorite quote from it – it’s all so ludicrous – but for the sake of time, I’ll leave you with this gem:
“Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too? Marriage is and always has been more than the acknowledgment of the love between two people.”
Amen, brother. Now he’s fighting for the right of Pennsylvanians to keep marriage laws discriminatory. Thanks, Rick. God, I need to get out of this place, and fast. Seriously, y’all: today I am getting blood drawn and packing the hell up. Hopefully.
[ EDIT: They definitely drew eight vials of my blood, and because of my heart monitor, they had to do it in a tiny room where this woman was shouting on the phone in Spanglish, complaining about what an asshole her baby daddy is. And after the nurse finished draining me, she put a Bugs Bunny band-aid on me and walked out, and I passed out. But because I saw that one coming, I was able to record it on my monitor, so I should be done wearing the stupid thing now, thank Christ. But I probably won't get to skip town until my lab work comes back, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed, and my toes, too. Also, scrambling about trying to find housing in Asheville when you're hundreds of miles away is pretty much impossible. Yuck.]
